Quran 11:47 — Hud, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘My Lord, I take refuge with You from asking for things I know nothing about. If You do not forgive me, and have mercy on me, I shall be one of the losers.’
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِي وَتَرْحَمْنِي أَكُنْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
qāla rabbi innī aʿūdhu bika an asalaka mā laysa lī bihi ʿil'mun wa-illā taghfir lī watarḥamnī akun mina l-khāsirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'My Lord, I take refuge with Thee, lest I should ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge; for if Thou forgivest me not, and hast not mercy on me, I shall be among the losers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [Noah]: "O my Sustainer! Verily, I seek refuge with Thee from [ever again] asking of Thee anything whereof I cannot have any knowledge! For unless Thou grant me forgiveness and bestow Thy mercy upon me, I shall be among the lost!"
- Sahih International
- [Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | رَبِّrabbi | O my Lord | ربب |
| 3 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 4 | أَعُوذُaʿūdhu | seek refuge | عوذ |
| 5 | بِكَbika | in You | — |
| 6 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 7 | أَسْـَٔلَكَasalaka | I (should) ask You | سأل |
| 8 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 9 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 10 | لِىlī | I have | — |
| 11 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 12 | عِلْمٌۭ ۖʿil'mun | knowledge | علم |
| 13 | وَإِلَّاwa-illā | And unless | — |
| 14 | تَغْفِرْtaghfir | You forgive | غفر |
| 15 | لِىlī | me | — |
| 16 | وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓwatarḥamnī | and You have mercy on me | رحم |
| 17 | أَكُنakun | I will be | كون |
| 18 | مِّنَmina | among | — |
| 19 | ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīna | the losers | خسر |